the kittens are coming!

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Hi Juno and family!
She's finally having the kittens! ~a~I've been following your thread and wondered if they were ever going to come. How exciting. I wish you and the kitties all the best. My little Tortie sends here support along to Juno, too. Look forward to hearing more about the kitties.
Hope all goes well!

thank you everyone!! Juno is doing amazing. I'm so proud of her. She is having them FAST! there is one black and white, one calico, and two orange babies. they are beautiful. she had them on my bed right next to me. kinda gross hehe

she just had another one!! oh my goodness i can't believe they keep coming! i think it is black and white..can't really tell yet. i thought the second one was black and white but she turned out to be a calico. i keep thinking she's done then out pops another one !:)

I see she is 7 pounds on her profile. aphrodite was 7 pounds as well--she was so tiny. she was very pooped after she had her 4 kittens (Gimli, Boots, Pippin and KC. She had Gimli at 5:55 pm and KC was born at 9 pm.
You're welcome! We are glad we were here to help you out and for the happy moment!
Yay to Juno! =; =D>
She'll be a great mom. Cats are amazing creatures.
I was thinking she must have trusted you very much and loved you very much to have her kittens on the bed.

Boots is the name of my childhood kitten. He is 18 now, living with my Dad, and sadly living his last days as he is very old and weak now But i'm naming one of the kittens after him, even though they may get different names after they are adopted

Are the black and white kittens Tuxedos or harlequins (my Kiki was a harlequin--mostly white with black spots)?
Boots was a black and white tuxedo. I gave him away to a co-worker and her three sons named him. At first they named him Tux, but then they changed it.

If there is a colon : it is a boy and if it is a ; then it is a girl. It is strange, but it was easier for me to tell what Aprhrodite's kittens were when they were just born. When they get a little bit older, it seems like it is harder. The primary way to tell a female kitten from a male kitten is by comparing the distance between the anal opening and the genital opening. The distance between for the males is larger than in females.

wow i can't tell the difference at all, mol. i can't believe how cute they are - i thought they'd come out all ugly and rat-like hehe but they are precious. a couple of them still have their umbilical cord. is this normal? they're so sqeaky and one of the orange ones is fighting with all the other ones for a nipple. i think we already have a feisty one...

Hmmm you know that's one part I can't really remember. I think they eventually fall off. Not sure how long.
Oh, I looked it up and some fall off right away and some later. No need to worry unless it becomes red, sore or infected one person says on yahoo answers.

YAY for Juno, and welcome to the kittens!!! Yes, she must love and trust you a great deal to have the kittens on your bed. But they and Juno would do better in the bed you have prepared for them. She sounds like she will be a great mom as well.
When you have a chance all of us REALLY want to see pictures of the new babies. Bless you for taking this cat in and giving her a safe place to have her kittens.
Happy Purrs, The New Orleans Kitties;c;;c;%:D%:c9:c9

Congratulations on the kittens. Re sexing the kittens, the calico will definitely be a female so you can use her to compare with the other kittens to see if you can tell the girls/boys. Orange cats are male most of the time but about 10% chance of being girls. Hope this helps. The vet should be able to tell for sure when you take them in for their 1st check up in a few weeks.

We are so happy for Juno and the babies!!%:D% (and it\'s about time, I may add ::o) The cords can be up to an inch long, and they should dry up and fall off in around 5 days. The next milestone should be that their eyes will start cracking open in a week to 10 days. They should be fully open by 14 days or so. They don\'t see very well for a while after that though.
Please keep us up to date on their progress, and we are looking forward to pictures.:c9

is the mom cat supposed to stay with the kittens at all times? i was gone for a while and she isnt with them..they all are curled up in balls trying to stay warm and it seems like Juno should be caring about them..but she isn't

Sassy used to spend time away from the kittens but they were already approx six weeks old when we took them in so I'm not sure what's normal when they are newborns. Hopefully another Catster can advise.